Turn 04

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Welcome to Chapter 4. With Kallen's identity now revealed to Suzaku she has an interesting problem to deal with. Let's see what happens.

(Kallen P.O.V)

As I sat in the Black Knights base I wondered if things couldn't get weirder. It's been two weeks since Zero fought alongside Suzaku in order to prevent a man named Sawasaki from attacking Area 11. It was strange but even stranger since I knew Zero and Suzaku seemed like enemies. Of course right now I was trying to decide whether or not to go back to school. With my identity known to Suzaku there was no question it was a risk but luckily nothing happened yet. "Hey Kallen I hear your school is having a festival in a few days" Ohgi mentioned out of nowhere. There were a few others members of the Black Knights in the room but luckily Zero was gone.

"Yeah what about it" I wondered.

"So are you going" Ohgi asked nervously. It makes sense that he'd wonder. I hadn't been in school since then out of fear but I knew I had to show up.

"I don't know with me compromised it's a dangerous move." I replied. There was also the part of me that wanted to figure out more about Lelouch. This could be my best chance to determine if he's Zero.

"True. Why don't you ask Zero what he thinks" Ohgi said cryptically catching me off guard.

"Why would I ask Zero what to do?" I replied nervously.

"Well you're the Black Knights Ace and if he wants you to keep your cover, you should do so." Ohgi replied.

"Got it" I said calmly. If I was gonna make a move now was my chance. Plus I still have questions about Zero.

(Scene Skip)

Luckily for me or unluckily as the case may be, I arrived back in class ready for the festival and made my way towards the student council office figuring that Suzaku would be there helping out. Just as I expected Suzaku was there by himself and vulnerable. He had no sense of preservation of so I thought. "I didn't think you'd actually come back Kallen" Suzaku smiled not even looking at me.

"How did you" I gasped not expecting this at all.

"I'm smarter than you think Kallen. So let me guess you were hoping to kill me and help Zero since I'm currently your biggest threat" Suzaku replied with a chuckle.

"Why didn't you tell anybody. Why did you keep my secret" I exclaimed. By all means I should be arrested right now and he was just keeping me around.

"I did it because I wanted to convert you myself instead of having to beat you in my Lancelot." Suzaku said frankly.

"How cocky of you" I replied and I was going to say more but somebody was coming close.

"Suzaku is everything ok" Lelouch of all people said as he walked into the room but he stopped when he saw me. "You came back" Lelouch said almost in disbelief as his eyes widened. Why was he so shocked that I was back.

"I have to go Lelouch. After all I'm going to be making a massive pizza." Suzaku smiled as he left. I didn't get why he was smiling but I wasn't about to complain.

"So what do you want Lelouch" I wondered.

"Well I was hoping that you'd meet up with your class and do the haunted house. They're short on people" Lelouch said calmly but his expression earlier bugged me. Plus he was oddly concerned.

"Of course" I replied not expecting this at all. There was a concern in his voice that didn't match anything I saw before.

(Scene Skip)

"I'm going to kill him for this" I growled as I tried to find Suzaku again. My class was doing a haunted house but they stuck me in a monster outfit making me scare people. That thing was sweaty and brutal. It made my old Glasgow look warm. After finally escaping that hell I had to find Suzaku again but instead of him I found something just as shocking. Lelouch was with a woman with pink hair but I recognized her.

"What are you doing here Euphy?" Lelouch said in disbelief. Luckily for me I managed to hide from them so I could safely overhear the conversation.

"I wanted to use this festival to make a special announcement and I figured that this would be the place." Euphy said with a smile on her face. Even as they left to do other things I had no idea what a wild idea that Euphemia li Britannia had just come up with.

(Scene Skip)

"So what do we do" I said calmly as I sat with the fellow leaders of my old resistance. The reason for this private discussion was that Princess Euphemia was going to establish a Zone for Japan to become free again. It was pretty much everything we wanted and everything we had been fighting for. The worst part wasn't that they gave us everything we ever wanted but it was the reason why. I remember that Euphemia mentioned Zero during the whole thing. Did Euphemia know something we didn't and why would she go out of her way to do that?

"It's perfect. We get what we want and a place to live. It'll take some time but we can bring back the Old Japan." Tamaki said happily. I agreed but it was too easy. There was a reason behind it.

"What has Zero said about it especially since Euphemia seemed to call out to him." Ohgi wondered. I mean we hadn't heard from our leader since then and it was bothering everybody.

"As of now he's said nothing and I can't blame him. Something about this seems way too easy." I replied. That wasn't the only problem. It was the fact that Euphemia was doing it. Then again something else bothered me the more I thought about it. Princess Euphemia was with Zero on Kamine Island and yet they seemed pretty close. It's almost as though she knew who he was but how could that be.

"What if Zero is Britannian" Inoue said out of the blue.

"What!" everyone exclaimed at the same time including me.

"I mean think about it. Euphemia seemed to be calling out to Zero in particular and I doubt it was because he's some random Japanese. What if he's Britannian and somebody connected to the royal family. It explains how he knew some of the things that he did" Inoue suggested.

"How so" Tamaki replied.

"I've been suspicious of him ever since Lake Kawaguchi."

"What do you mean Lake Kawaguchi?" I wondered. It was just as Suzaku said and that there was something special about that mission and it should've failed.

"What are you talking about? That mission went perfectly. We got into the hotel and saved everybody." Tamaki yelled out. I agree and I don't see the problem but clearly she was getting at something major.

"Yes but that's my point. One of those people according to Zero was Princess Euphemia herself but how did he know that?"

"What are you saying" I protested.

"Yeah why are you questioning Zero" Tamaki yelled.

"If Princess Euphemia was among the hostages in that building they would've made that big news. Yet nobody seemed to know about that besides him. He used that to get away from a Cornelia that was out for blood. If he had information like that then it would've worked."

It can't be" I yelled out since I realized that Inoue was more right then she knows. It wasn't just that Zero was connected to the royal family, Zero WAS a member of the royal family.

"Care to fill us in Kallen. You're half brit so is there anybody that comes to mind." Tamaki said sarcastically.

I was annoyed that he brought that up but I had to hide the truth. "No but let's wait and see what happens with the Special Zone" I said calmly. I was almost certain that I knew who Zero was but the time had come to figure out what we'd do. There was no doubt in my mind that Lelouch was Zero and it made sense. According to my classmates everything else made sense. Lelouch was a known gambler and his game of choice was chess hence why he called me Q1. He confronted me about Shinjuku because he wanted to ensure that nobody realized I was a terrorist. He was after Britannia as revenge for what happened to his mother. Heck now the reason why Lord Kirihara was so accepting of Lelouch when his face was revealed. Now the question was what would I do with the new information?

That's it for Turn 04 and I have to say the end of the story. Yes it's rushed but that's because I tried to give a compelling story without using the various battles which was a mistake. Thanks for tuning in and showing love.